Crime Statistics for Strawberry Hill, Wakefield, Wakefield, 2024

Crime statistics for Strawberry Hill, Wakefield

There were a total of 104 street level crime incidents in Strawberry Hill in January 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Strawberry Hill, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime53
Criminal Damage Arson8
Anti Social Behaviour8
Shoplifting8
Other Theft7
Other Crime5
Public Order4
Burglary4
Vehicle Crime3
Drugs2
Possession Of Weapons1
Robbery1
All Crime104

Map of street level crime incidents in January 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Strawberry Hill. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

How grim is your Postcode?

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Strawberry Hill

We've taken the ten nearest places to Strawberry Hill and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Strawberry Hill has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Castleford (2.48 miles)291
Monkhill (1.96 miles)270
Pontefract (1.86 miles)243
Cutsyke (1.86 miles)215
Hopetown (2.24 miles)112
Featherstone (0.62 miles)109
Strawberry Hill104
Loscoe (1.75 miles)98
Ackton (0.62 miles)70
Streethouse (1.96 miles)38

5.37%
of Featherstone residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Strawberry Hill?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Strawberry Hill and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Monkhill115
Castleford109
Pontefract103
Cutsyke79
Featherstone53
Strawberry Hill53
Hopetown45
Loscoe29
Streethouse25
Ackton20

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Strawberry Hill?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Strawberry Hill to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Strawberry Hill compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Strawberry Hill and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Strawberry Hill is ranked #9.

#WardScore
1Knottingley90
2Castleford Central and Glasshoughton83
3Wakefield East80
4Pontefract South76
5Pontefract North75
6Normanton74
7Airedale and Ferry Fryston73
8Wakefield South67
9Featherstone66
10Altofts and Whitwood63
11Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton61

Which road in Strawberry Hill has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Strawberry Hill with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Havertop Lane.

Last updated: January 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
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